true love, in my definition (at this time), is a loving of a person's mind (or 'spirit') and body in perfect balance, moreso than anyone else at that particular time (i don't believe in soul mates).
lust, by my definition, is a love of only one part of the mind or body and isnt continuous, for example, after sex, the lust disappears until hormone levels are back to normal.
now, with 'true' love being a perfect balance of the love for a person's mind and body together, the assumption is that once either the mind or the body changes (e.g. lost both legs or face mangled badly), that the love would lessen due to the imbalance of the mind:body connection. therefore, this would either turn into lust (mostly if their mind alters and body stays the same) or the loss of true love altogether, which i find sad, as true love is meant to be everlasting.
does anyone agree or disagree with my definition of true love, or have brrn in love and had the partner change in some way (physically or mentally) and fell out of love because of that? seems true love isnt as everlasting as some would make it seem, yet im sure there are those who would stick with their partner if they were disfigured physically or mentally, yet i doubt most under 40 would. doesnt mean its wrong or mean to do that, just means that they no longer match your ideal of true love. id like to hear ur opinions on what is true love